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The New Food Pyramid Is a Gift to the Meat Industry

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10.01.2026

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Guest Essay

By Matt Prescott

Mr. Prescott is the author of “Food Is the Solution: What to Eat to Save the World.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, has spent much of his public life warning Americans about environmental damage hidden in plain sight. He’s sued polluters. He’s denounced the ways powerful companies use their influence to shape laws, regulations and institutions. And he’s spoken passionately about ecological collapse — including at the hands of the meat........

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